Allocation and User Account Policies

For using NREL’s high-performance computing (HPC) systems, there are policies for
project allocations and user accounts.

Project Allocations

A “Project” is work that is associated with an allocation of resources (node-hours and/or long
term storage). Project allocations have an allocation period. Project allocations
may be renewed through the resource allocation request process. A project has a principal investigator (PI) and project members.

A project enters the Expired state once the date is after the end of the allocation period or if the project PI
leaves the project and no new PI is identified. While a project is in the Expired state:

Project members are responsible for moving project data off of the systems.

Users may continue to log in to HPC systems for a period of 3 months after the project
enters the Expired state to move relevant data off of Peregrine disk storage (primarily
/projects/<project_id>) to another storage location.

Users may continue to log in to MSS (/mss/projects/<project_id>) for a period of 15
months after the project enters the Expired state to move relevant data off of MSS storage to another storage location.

A project enters the Ended state 15 months after the project enters the Expired state or if all user accounts associated with the project are in the Retired state. When a project enters the Ended state:

User access to project data is disabled.

We reserve the right to delete Project data from /projects/<project id>) and /mss/projects/<project_id>

If a project PI leaves, the project may continue with a new PI. If the project PI
is the only member of the project and leaves, the project moves to the Expired state.

User Accounts

A “User Account” is associated with an individual user of resources. User accounts may be associated
with more than one project. All project members are eligible to request user accounts.

Users are granted user accounts at their request, if eligible, and agreement to all
HPC policies including the Appropriate Use Policy (AUP). AUP agreements expire one (1) year after they become active or when the contractual arrangement between the user’s
employer and NREL ends, whichever is sooner. Users are responsible for moving their data before their account enters the retired
state.